tinselly

[tin-suh-lee]

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adjective

decorated with or abounding in tinsel.
cheap and gaudy.

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Origin of tinselly

First recorded in 1805–15; tinsel + -y¹

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The place was so tinselly and common that, coming to it from weeks of rough travelling, it made me impatient.
Greenmantle
John Buchan